five families and the unraveling of America's suburbs
"The stories of five American families, an . . . exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools. . . . Education journalist Benjamin Herold's ability to braid these compelling human stories together with local and national history makes . . . an urgent argument that America's suburbs and their schools are locked into a destructive cycle that has brought the country to a point of crisis. For generations, white families have reaped the benefits of massive federal investment in suburbia, then moved on as social and political infrastructure began to fail, leaving the mostly Black and brown families who follow to clean up the ensuing mess. Now, though, the suburbs are caught between rapidly shifting demographics and the reality that endless expansion is no longer feasible. Forced to confront truths that their communities were built to avoid, everyday suburban families find themselves at the center of the nation's most pressing debates: How do we repair America's divided communities?"--Provided by publisher.
